Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…immemorial, and Indigenous harvesting practices have special status under Canadian law. For many thousands of years, Indigenous communities successfully managed the fishery without the help of the Canadian state. Most…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…order for it to be subdivided and leased to non-Band members. The leases began in 1966 and lasted 99 years, 30 years of which the rents were fixed at $400…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…also safeguards the individual rights of Indigenous people. The Declaration is the product of almost 25 years of deliberation by U.N. member states and Indigenous groups. The first of the…
Global Actions
…Find Our Own Path as the Fourth World,” 1995, Center for World Indigenous Studies. http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?e=d-00000-00—off-0ipc–00-0—-0-10-0—0—0direct-10—4——-0-1l–11-en-50—20-about—00-0-1-00-0–4—-0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-00&cl=CL1.7&d=HASH01e837a63c33c9b791bf5928&x=1 7 Sanders. 8 Sanders. 9 The Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), “Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC),” http://inuitcircumpolar.com/index.php?ID=16&Lang=En&Parent_ID=16…
Gustafsen Lake
…Reprinted in Smoke Signals from the Heart (2004) and used with permission from Totem Pole Books. Starting in 1989 as part of a multi-year period cycle of ceremonial commitment, Sundancers…
About Indigenous Foundations
…Month, day, year). Bibliography: Author surname, first name. “Article name”. Indigenous Foundations. indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca. (accessed Month, day, year). Further questions? Feel free to contact First Nations and Indigenous Studies at fnis.arts@ubc.ca…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…Council. Each member of the Executive Committee serves a term of three years.3 The UBCIC holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM) every year in which each member band is represented,…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…hosted clothing drives, craft sales, and bazaars to raise money for their clubs or communities. Over the years, as Indian women noticed the struggles faced by their communities and the…
The Residential School System
…and other assimilation tactics was slow and not without reversals. The residential school system in Canada lasted officially for almost 150 years, and its impacts continue on to this day….

The Residential School System
…and other assimilation tactics was slow and not without reversals. The residential school system in Canada lasted officially for almost 150 years, and its impacts continue on to this day….